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Author Interrogations – SSCS-03 – Those Monsters We Have Dreamed About

Author Interrogations – SSCS-03 – Those Monsters We Have Dreamed About

I’ve just posted the final installment of my latest serialized story to this blog.  And so now, for either those who’ve held off reading it yet and maybe need some enticement, or for those who just like to hear about what went into a story, I’d like to tell you a bit more about it.  We’re going to do this in a quasi-interrogation format, just for fun, and also to keep things from wandering too far afield. Author Interrogations: SSCS-03…

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Twisters or: What Great Writing Can Do For You

Twisters or: What Great Writing Can Do For You

This summer I went to see a movie in the theater.  This was sort of a big deal for me because, between one thing and another, I hadn’t been to a movie theater in many years.  (Also, the last movie I saw in a theater was…ah…disappointing. (IT WILL LIVE FOREVER IN MY MIND IN INFAMY!))  But I saw that Twisters was in theaters, and a) an action movie is usually a safe bet at a theater—the big screen makes action…

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Introduce-the-Story Themes: SSCS02 – How to Catch Flying Pigs, and Sea Monsters

Introduce-the-Story Themes: SSCS02 – How to Catch Flying Pigs, and Sea Monsters

Last year, after I had finished posting all of the installments for my first SSCS (Because the Desert is a Great, Broad Beast of Memory),I put up a post talking about different aspects of the story and/or the writing process, in the same vein as the pieces authors sometimes do when, for example, they’re doing a blog tour to promote their new book. Now that all of the installments have been posted for my most recent SSCS, How to Catch…

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The Super Awesomeness of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

The Super Awesomeness of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

Alright.  I think it’s about time I tell you all about what might very well be my very favorite movie: Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, starring Dwayne Johnson and Jack Black, among many other excellent actors. For those, poor souls, who might not be familiar, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle came out in 2017 and is sort-of-a-reboot-of and sort-of-a-sequel-to** 1995’s Jumanji starring Robin Williams and Kirsten Dunst.  In both Jumanji’s, the premise is a game, which turns itself into a…

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